Despite Initial Denial From White House, Bill Maher Will Receive Mark Twain Prize For...
“After The Atlantic cited anonymous sources saying he was, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it ‘fake news.’ But today the Kennedy Center made it official.”...
Trinity Rep Names A New Artistic Director
Meredith McDonough, formerly associate artistic director at Actors Theatre of Louisville and, before that, director of new works at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, takes...
The Oscars Are Moving To Downtown LA
Beginning in 2029 — the same year the Oscar telecast moves to YouTube — the Academy Awards will move to downtown Los Angeles, to...
This World-Famous Concert Hall Lets Students In To Study While Musicians Play For Them
“The study sessions were first organized during the COVID-19 pandemic by Entree, the youth association of (Amsterdam’s) Concertgebouw, to help students improve their concentration...
Kennedy Center Started Laying Off Staff Today
Multiple departments were affected — including programming, development, advertising, marketing and the office of the president — according to multiple people at the center. -...
I Wanted To Be A Critic. It Doesn’t Exist Anymore
This is how I came to understand that the relationship between what we see and what we know—the art of noticing— is a sophisticated...
Arts Funding By Local Governments In Britain Has Fallen By Half Since 2010
“Analysis by the Autonomy Institute shows spending has dropped from £1.19 billion in 2010 to £539 million in 2024 to 25. The data covers local authority...
Hauser & Wirth Partner Leaves To Start An Artist Management Agency
After 16 years helping build one of the most powerful galleries in the world, Cristopher Canizares is stepping away from Hauser & Wirth to...
Can Bluey Bring On A New Generation Of Classical Music Fans?
All we have to do is keep kids and families watching Bluey, and they will playfully and profoundly enjoy more classical tunes than the...
AI Is Making A Bollox Of The Publishing Industry
As more A.I.-generated writing is put out in the world, more readers will question whether the text they are poring over was penned by...
The People Getting Falsely Accused Of Using AI Because They Write Too Well
Everyone is trying to figure out who is LLM and who is human, and sometimes we’re getting it wrong. In particular, people who learned...
A Film School Teaching Movie Professionals To Make Movies With AI
"You can’t create an AI film that resonates with an audience without understanding how to craft an incredible story. We found the people making...
Foundation Stops Supporting Toronto Arts Foundation After Protests
The Azrieli Foundation, a charitable organisation with ties to Israel’s largest real estate company, will cease its support of the Toronto Arts Foundation following a...
Implications Of The Sora/Disney Divorce
Sora stumbled upon AI’s massive potential by giving users free rein over popular characters — from “Rick & Morty” to Pikachu — in any...
How The London Review Of Books Is Making Money Despite Losing Circulation
The independently-owned title has seen sales decline from a post-pandemic high of 91,000 copies in 2021 to about 78,000 currently. But the LRB has...
Supreme Court Protects Internet Providers From Liability For Music Piracy
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that internet provider Cox Communications cannot be held liable for music piracy from its users. - The Hollywood Reporter
How Can We Make Theatre Touring More Environmentally Friendly?
At the moment, theatre companies undertake a range of sustainability practices, including reusing set pieces in different shows and ethically sourcing and constructing sets....
One Of America’s Best Minimalist Art Collections Is Sitting In An Old Philadelphia Rowhouse
The collection, and the home near Rittenhouse Square, belonged to Henry McNeil Jr. (son of Tylenol magnate Henry Slack McNeil), who died last July at...
One Of Chicago’s Leading Black Theaters Was Secretly Dissolved By Its Board, Say Actors
“’We were never notified,’ said Monifa Days, co-founding ensemble member (of Congo Square Theatre Company). ‘Our lawyers were never notified. How we found out...
Sydney Dance Company’s Artistic Director Announces Departure
“Rafael Bonachela will step down in the middle of 2028, marking 20 years at SDC. Under his leadership, the company has emerged as a...
Tracy Kidder, Author Of Award-Winning Nonfiction Bestsellers, Has Died At 80
“(He) turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers. … Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book...
Chicago’s Raven Theatre Chooses Steppenwolf Veteran For Producing Artistic Director
“Jonathan Berry, a longtime Chicago director and former artistic producer at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will take the helm at Raven Theatre, a 43-year-old...
Jury Finds Meta And YouTube Liable For Deliberately Designing Addictive Apps
“Jurors (in Los Angeles) found the tech companies to be both negligent and having failed to provide adequate warnings about the potential dangers of...
BBC’s New Director-General Is A Senior Exec From Google
“Matt Brittin, 57, who has a background in tech, rather than traditional broadcasting, spent almost two decades at Google, becoming the company’s president in...
“Dog on a Cold Stone Floor,” or When Nonprofit Arts Organizations Obsess About the...
Art is a universal good. No argument. Nonprofit arts organizations are not art, and therefore are not a universal good. No argument there, either.
